Edward J. Zajac

Edward J. Zajac

North Western University

H-index: 57

Asia-Bangladesh

About Edward J. Zajac

Edward J. Zajac, With an exceptional h-index of 57 and a recent h-index of 47 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at North Western University, specializes in the field of Corporate Governance, Strategic Alliances, Organizational Adaptation.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Have a go or lay low? Predicting firms’ rhetorical commitment versus avoidance in response to polylithic governmental pressures

From Personal Finance to Corporate Finance: How CEOS'Personal Financial Risk Appetite Affects that of Their Firms

Lost and found in translation: How firms use anisomorphism to manage the institutional complexity of CSR

The other invisible hand: How markets—as institutions—propagate conformity and valuation errors

A Tale of Two Moral Cultures? The Diffusion of Commercialization Among Non-Profits in China

What do Families in Business Want? Theory and Evidence from Brazilian Firms

Taking chances? The effect of CEO risk propensity on firms’ risky internationalization decisions

Family Dynamics in Family Businesses: An Evolutionary Perspective

Edward J. Zajac Information

University

Position

James F. Beré Professor Kellogg School of Management

Citations(all)

36613

Citations(since 2020)

9428

Cited By

30564

hIndex(all)

57

hIndex(since 2020)

47

i10Index(all)

86

i10Index(since 2020)

65

Email

University Profile Page

North Western University

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Edward J. Zajac Skills & Research Interests

Corporate Governance

Strategic Alliances

Organizational Adaptation

Top articles of Edward J. Zajac

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Have a go or lay low? Predicting firms’ rhetorical commitment versus avoidance in response to polylithic governmental pressures

Journal of Management Studies

Jing Li

Jun Xia

Edward J Zajac

Zhouyu Lin

2024/3

From Personal Finance to Corporate Finance: How CEOS'Personal Financial Risk Appetite Affects that of Their Firms

Available at SSRN 4732729

Hamid Boustanifar

Edward J Zajac

Dan Zhang

2024/2/20

Lost and found in translation: How firms use anisomorphism to manage the institutional complexity of CSR

Journal of Management Studies

Matteo Corciolani

Elisa Giuliani

Ashlee Humphreys

Federica Nieri

Annamaria Tuan

...

2024/3

The other invisible hand: How markets—as institutions—propagate conformity and valuation errors

Strategy Science

Sheen S Levine

Edward J Zajac

2023/9

A Tale of Two Moral Cultures? The Diffusion of Commercialization Among Non-Profits in China

Academy of Management Proceedings

Haochi Zhang

Edward J Zajac

Jianhua Ge

Di Zhu

2023

What do Families in Business Want? Theory and Evidence from Brazilian Firms

Academy of Management Proceedings

Susan Perkins

Edward J Zajac

2023

Taking chances? The effect of CEO risk propensity on firms’ risky internationalization decisions

Journal of International Business Studies

Hamid Boustanifar

Edward J Zajac

Flladina Zilja

2022/3/1

Family Dynamics in Family Businesses: An Evolutionary Perspective

Academy of Management Proceedings

Krishnan Nair

Edward J Zajac

2022

The Rise of Stakeholder Governance and Diversity, and Consequences on Executive and Board Careers

Academy of Management Proceedings

Shelby Gai

Andre Havrylyshyn

Seok-Hyun Hwang

Michelle K Lee

Donald Joseph Schepker

...

2022

How inductive and deductive generalization shape the guilt-by-association phenomenon among firms: Theory and evidence

Organization Science

Ivana Naumovska

Edward J Zajac

2022/1

Who wants to talk politics? How multi-mechanisms affect firms' disclosure of political orientation

Academy of Management Proceedings

Jing Li

Jun Xia

Edward J Zajac

Zhouyu Lin

2021

See (k) ing a Strong Leader? How Evolutionary Biases Affect CEO Selection Decisions and the CEO/Board

Academy of Management Proceedings

Krishnan Nair

Edward J Zajac

Maryam Kouchaki

2021

The Other Invisible Hand: How Markets Can Propagate Errors

Academy of Management Proceedings

Sheen S Levine

Edward J Zajac

2021

Unpacking the dynamics of a contested practice: the case of executive compensation and the shareholder value orientation in the USA

Socio-Economic Review

Edward J Carberry

Edward J Zajac

2021/1/1

Strength and weakness in numbers? Unpacking the role of prevalence in the diffusion of reverse mergers

Academy of Management Journal

Ivana Naumovska

Edward J Zajac

Peggy M Lee

2021/4

Last to come and last to go? The complex role of gender and ethnicity in the reputational penalties for directors linked to corporate fraud

Academy of Management Journal

Ivana Naumovska

Georg Wernicke

Edward J Zajac

2020/6

Multimarket coopetition: How the interplay of competition and cooperation affects entry into shared markets

Long Range Planning

Klemens Klein

Thorsten Semrau

Sascha Albers

Edward J Zajac

2020/2/1

Too Legit to Quit? How Shareholder Activism Differentially Affects Outside Directors

Academy of Management Proceedings

Seok-Hyun Hwang

Edward J Zajac

2020

On the Polylithic Nature of Family-Owned Businesses: Heterogeneous Responses to–and from–Brazilian Financial Market Reform

Available at SSRN 3625167

Susan Perkins

Edward J Zajac

2020/6/11

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Co-Authors

H-index: 108
Max Bazerman

Max Bazerman

Harvard University

H-index: 50
James Westphal

James Westphal

University of Michigan-Dearborn

H-index: 29
Peer C. Fiss

Peer C. Fiss

University of Southern California

H-index: 29
Shahzad (Shaz) Ansari

Shahzad (Shaz) Ansari

University of Cambridge

H-index: 28
Jing Li

Jing Li

Simon Fraser University

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